, but not as loud of an an endorsement as some of president obama's people were hoping for. the words he spoke really were that important. >> mayor koch dead at the age of 88 of congestive heart failure. just yesterday, we were reporting he was admitted to the hospital and he was admitted into the intensive care unit. >> we'll take one pause for more breaking news. there are reports of explosions outside the u.s. embassy in ankara, turkey. there are injuries, we are getting more details. we'll bring them to you as soon as they come in. >> we don't know how many injuries are there. let's bring in richard socaridies. >> you are a new york city resident. you knew mayor ed koch. fill us in, how big of a deal this man is. >> he's a hero in new york for having saved new york from bankruptcy. he lived through that, the financial crisis, the first new york financial crisis. he pretty much with the help of some bankers, single handedly saved new york from bankruptcy. he was a larger than life character. he lived a block from me, a block from where live now. everywhere he went, people